Curtain-fastener.



W. GATES.

CURTAIN PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

1,071,996. Patented Sept. 2,1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT ornrcn.

WILLIAM GATES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 LOUT W. GATES, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN-FASTENER.

T 0 all whom, it may concern Be it known that Ll/VILLIAM GATES, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a top or plan View of a curtain fastener constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a side view of the same. Fig. 3 a vertical sectional view, including the gromet. Fig. 4 a vertical sectional view showing the locking-piece retired for the removal of the curtain.

This invention relates to an improvement in curtain fasteners, and particularly to fasteners commonly used for securing curtains and boots on vehicles.

The most common construction of curtain buttons in use consists of a post with a turnbutton connected at the outer end thereof which button is adapted to be turned With relation to the post over a gromet passed over the post. This necessitates the turning of the button when fastening curtains in position.

The object of this invention is to provide a curtain fastening device by which the curtain may be readily attached without manually turning the button; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a hollow post 2 oval in cross-section and provided with a flange 3 by which it may be attached. One side of the post is cut away forming a cam-surface 4: which is narrower than the main or lower portion of the post, and this cam-surface forms an opening in that side of the post for the movement of a locking-piece 5 which is mounted on a pivot (5 extending through the post near the cam Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, 1912.

Patented Sept. 2,1913.

Serial No. 720,787.

surfaces 4:. This locking-piece is provided at its upper end with a finger-piece 7 by which it may be conveniently turned, and within the post and bearing against the locking-piece is a spring 8 the tendency of which is to throw the locking nose 9 of the locking-piece outward beyond the edge of the lower portion of the post 2, which nose is adapted to be moved back into line with the cam surfaces 4: of the post. The curtain, apron or other device 10 which is to be secured, is provided with. the usual gromet or eyelet 11 which is adapted to set over the post 2, and as it is passed over the post the gromet or eyelet will move the lockingpiece rearward so as to pass onto the lower part of the post without obstruction. When the gromet passes onto the lower part of the post and below the locking-piece, the locking-piece springs outward and holds the gromet in place. WVhen it is desired to remove the curtain or apron, it is only neces sary to retire the locking-piece by moving the finger-piece 7. It will thus be seen that the curtain or apron may be connected with the post without manually turning any part as the fastening device is, in a sense, automatic in its action when attaching the curtain thereto.

Preferably and as herein shown, the post is formed with a lug 12 projecting outward from the side of the post opposite, and substantially in line with the nose of the locking-dog. This lug assists in holding the gromet in place, and the gromet readily passes over this lug as the cut-away portion of the opposite side of the post provides sufficient clearance.

In some cases it is desirable that the curtain or boot should be very taut, and in this case the curtain will be drawn so taut that the outer end of the gromet will just set over the upper end of the post. Then as it is crowded down over the cam surfaces 4 and onto the lower portion of the post the curtain will be stretched to a slight extent, but sufficient to draw it taut.

I claim A curtain fastener comprising a post the upper part of one side cut away forming a In testimony whereof, I have signed this cam surface and formed at its opposite side specification in the presence of two subscribwith a lug, a locking-piece mounted in said ing witnesses.

postand formed at its lower end with a nose I. s WILLIAM GATES. 5 projecting beyond the lower portion of the Witnesses: 7

post and also formed with a finger-piece VILLIAM WVOOSTER,

projecting above the top of the post. JAMES BARRETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

